Max Dixon

Max "Bodie" Dixon Retired D.O.T. Stapleton, Ga. - Mr. Max Dixon, 75 of Purvis School Rd. entered into rest July 12, 2010 at Gibson Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM, Thursday, July 15, 2010 at the Beggs Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mike Sutphin officiating. Interment will follow at Savannah Valley Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be: Lee Thigpen, Travis Rabun, Bill Bonner, Jimmy Newsome, Joshua Withrow and James "Ted" Cooper. Mr. Dixon was born in Avera, Georgia and was the son of the late John Thomas Dixon and the late Inez May Dixon. He was retired as a heavy equipment operator from the Georgia Department of Transportation after 33 years of service. Survivors include his daughter, Lisa Tyree and husband, Dennis of Ft. Walton Beach, FL; stepchildren, Angela Hochell, Thomson,GA, Wilbur Thigpen, Thomson, GA, Wynette Zilinski, Deland, Fl, Albert Sheppard, Canton, GA; brothers, Lewis Dixon, Avera, GA, Bill Dixon, Allan, Oklahoma; sister, Edith Poteet, Augusta, GA; grandson, Steve Cochran, numerous step-grandchildren and a special friend, Shirley Dye. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 pm Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at the funeral home. BEGGS FUNERAL HOME 799 COBBHAM ROAD THOMSON, GA. 30824 (706) 595-4100.